These player rankings track a player's value for the remainder of the season.

TEAM DEFENSE

Mv

Rank

Player

Team

Bye

1

Seattle Seahawks

SEA

12

2

Chicago Bears

CHI

8

3

San Francisco 49ers

SFO

9

4

Denver Broncos

DEN

9

5

Houston Texans

HOU

8

6

Buffalo Bills

BUF

12

7

Baltimore Ravens

BAL

8

8

Arizona Cardinals

ARI

9

9

New England Patriots

NEP

10

10

Cincinnati Bengals

CIN

12

11

Minnesota Vikings

MIN

5

12

Green Bay Packers

GBP

4

13

Dallas Cowboys

DAL

11

14

Cleveland Browns

CLE

10

15

Washington Redskins

WAS

5

16

San Diego Chargers

SDC

8

17

Tennessee Titans

TEN

8

18

New Orleans Saints

NOS

7

19

St. Louis Rams

STL

11

20

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

TBB

5

21

Carolina Panthers

CAR

4

22

Miami Dolphins

MIA

6

23

New York Jets

NYJ

10

24

Kanas City Chiefs

KCC

10

25

Detroit Lions

DET

9

26

Philadelphia Eagles

PHI

12

27

Atlanta Falcons

ATL

6

28

New York Giants

NYG

9

29

Pittsburgh Steelers

PIT

5

30

Oakland Raiders

OAK

7

31

Indianapolis Colts

IND

8

32

Jacksonville Jaguars

JAC

9

New England Patriots –
It's a whole lot easier to pressure defensively when your offense is putting up points. Yes, you can blame Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins for the Patriots' defensive struggles.

Tennessee Titans –
It would be easy to make "bounty-gate" jokes about how much more aggressive the Titans' defense is with Gregg Williams on board as senior assistant defensive coach, but that would only detract from the fact that he has them playing great D.